Example sentences of "[vb pp] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsatisfied with this development , Edward even began to claim his sede vacante rights retrospectively : thus a benefice which was empty when a new bishop was appointed and was subsequently filled in the normal way by him , was sometimes claimed by Edward to be unlawfully filled , the patronage belonging by regalian right to the crown , even though the king had not exercised this during the vacancy of the see . |
| 2 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 3 | The pipe is filled in the usual way . |
| 4 | He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms . |
| 5 | Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future . |
| 6 | The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form . |
| 7 | Those lips , which had so recently roved over Jaq 's body , now sucked in the slithery tough stuff of the hydra with the same seeming hunger . |
| 8 | That homework should last approximately half an hour or whatever it consists of , erm reading , written work , finishing off drawing research whatever that homework should be handed in the next day , form teachers to remind classes of this and to co-ordinate delivery of the books , papers etcetera to the member of teaching staff and that the non production of homework is to be the concern of the member of of teaching staff and not the form teacher , although regular non producers will be the concern of us all . |
| 9 | agree to it being handed in the next day as opposed to the next lesson ? |
| 10 | He extended scant courtesy , even to Taheb , and despite his wealth his servants only brought in the minimum guest-offering of bread and beer . |
| 11 | The commotion brought in the new duty officer , a tall and muscular young lieutenant with a sad , world-weary face . |
| 12 | Nothing very special here , then , to herald the arrival of little William ; but just as that year brought in the new , so it took away the old : Benjamin Titford the Outrider 's widow Elizabeth , 70 years old and paralysed , died in Shoreditch Workhouse on 12 September . |
| 13 | The Government brought in the new law after inspectors found that 97 per cent of ‘ pints ’ contained less . |
| 14 | Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers . |
| 15 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |
| 16 | The housekeeper brought in the first dish . |
| 17 | The courts first began to take obscenity seriously as a result of private prosecutions brought in the early nineteenth century by the Society for the Suppression of Vice , dubbed by Sydney Smith " a society for suppressing the vices of those whose incomes do not exceed £500 per annum " . |
| 18 | Conscription was finally brought in the following March . |
| 19 | Kalchu had brought in the two calves from their separate pen and they were pumping their mothers ' udders , bracing their hooves and thrusting with the whole length of their sketchy bodies . |
| 20 | These points generally apply equally whether the action is brought in the High Court or county court . |
| 21 | The administrator phoned the estate owner and brought in the National Guard who captured the leaders of the union from their homes one night . |
| 22 | Sharma v Knight [ 1986 ] 1 WLR 757 is authority for the proposition that jurisdiction conferred on county courts by statute is a general one and it is not restricted to the district in which proceedings should have been brought in accordance with Ord 4 , r 8 and that , if proceedings have been brought in the wrong county court , then the court nevertheless has jurisdiction to deal with the matter . |
| 23 | The disclosure letter is then used by the vendor to describe any specific exceptions to the general statement , for example , two claims for unfair dismissal having been brought in the last six months . |
| 24 | Cargolux in turn brought in the three hauliers as fourth parties by serving fourth party notices on them . |
| 25 | In 1838 a troop of Nottinghamshire dragoons and the metropolitan police were attacked with stones and bricks and in 1839 the government brought in the 5th Dragoon guards to suppress the bull-running once and for all . |
| 26 | In this industry , none has been brought in the past six months . |
| 27 | Such a claim can of course be brought in the same action by which the recognition of the automatic hiring and the awarding of the relevant salary is sought . |
| 28 | Day Two of the International Trials at Blenheim has brought in the big names … but has n't brought a change in the lead … |
| 29 | Priscilla Buxton recounted how four MPs brought in the huge rolls of the ladies ' petition of 1833 and ‘ heaved it on to the table among loud laughing and cheers . |
| 30 | In the late tenth and eleventh centuries a marked revival of agriculture and country life in Lombardy had ushered in the urban renaissance in its heartland ; for it was to be the Lombard cities above all which lured the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Italy in the 1150s and 1160s , and whose almost innumerable walls baffled his armies in the long war of the Lombard League . |